i remember you was conflicted misusing your influence

In my opinion, only hope that we kinda have left is You know what I’m saying, it’s gonna happen It’s gonna be murder, you know what I’m saying, it’s gonna be like Nat Turner, 1831, up in this muthafucka. I think American think we was just playingĪnd it’s gonna be some more playing but it ain’t gonna be no playing. Next time it’s a riot there’s gonna be bloodshed for real. Shit, I think that niggas is tired-a grabbin’ shit out the stores and Wanted to ask you what you think is the future for me and my generation That’s crazy, because me being one of your offspring of the legacy you left behind IĬan truly tell you that there’s nothing but turmoil goin’ on so I And you don’t wanna fight no more.Īnd if you don’t believe me you can look around, you don’t see no loud Once you turn 30 it’s like they take the heart and soul out of a man, You still wanna lift weights, while you still wanna shoot back. That’s right now while you a teenager, while you still strong or while In this country a black man only have like 5 years we can exhibit maximum strength, and War, I’m fighting a war I can’t win and I wanna lay it all down Well, how long you think it take before niggas be like, we fighting a You know what I’m saying, it’s in my veins to fight back And not only me but it goes down my family tree. I like to think that at every opportunity I’ve ever been threatened with resistance it’s been met with resistance. Would you consider yourself a fighter at heart or somebody that only reacts when they back is against the wall? So it’s no problem, you know I mean it’s a problem but I’m not finna let them know. I’m saying, I was noticing, I was punching the right buttons and it was What I’m saying, and it was happening to me for a reason, you know what Millions for the record companies, I made millions for these movieĪnd through your different avenues of success, how would you say you managed to keep a level of sanity?īy my faith in God, by my faith in the game, andīy my faith in all good things come to those that stay true. Time to make millions for myself, you know what I’m saying. I made millions for a lot of people now it’s

Realised my destiny in a matter of five years you know what I’m saying I I went from having somebody manage me to me hiring the Most menial and degrading job and built myself up so I could get it to I took nothin’, I took the opportunities, I worked at the I see myself as a natural born hustler, a true hustler in every sense of That’s rich or somebody that made the best of their own opportunities? Poor gonna be so poor and hungry, you know what I’m saying it’s gonnaīe like… there might be some cannibalism out this mutha, they might eatĪight so let me ask you this then, do you see yourself as somebody Cause the rich people gonna be so fat, they gonna be so appetising, you know what I’m saying, wealthy, appetising. The poor people is gonna open up this whole world and swallow up the I see and the ground is the symbol for the poor people, Ground is gonna open up and swallow the evil. What you mean ‘bout that, what the ground represent? That I finally got a chance to holla at you, I always wanted to ask youĪbout a certain situa–, about a metaphor actually, you spoke on the Like it’s something you probably could relate to. I was gonna call another nigga but, it ain’t really a poem, I just felt If I respect you, we unify and stop the enemy from killing usīut I don’t know, I’m no mortal man, maybe I’m just another nigga”

Just because you wore a different gang colour than minesĭoesn’t mean I can’t respect you as a black manįorgetting all the pain and hurt we caused each other in these streets Made me wanna go back to the city and tell the homies what I learned Going back and forth trying to convince myself the stripes I earnedīut while my loved ones was fighting the continuous war back in the city, I was entering a new oneĪ war that was based on apartheid and discrimination Resentment that turned into a deep depression

I remember you was conflicted misusing your influence